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The Present and Future of Rock Testing: Highlighting the ISRM Suggested Methods

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The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014

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Since the establishment of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) in the 1960s, there have been important scientific developments and technological advances both in rock mechanics and rock engineering. Particularly, modeling of rock behaviour, design methodologies for rock structures and rock testing methods are the main issues in these developments and advances. The models developed depend considerably on the input parameters such as boundary conditions and material and rock mass properties. For this reason, establishing how to obtain these input parameters for a particular site, rock mass and project is important. Accordingly, since 1974, the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods has spent considerable effort in developing a succession of Suggested Methods (SMs) for different aspects of rock mechanics with the contribution of a number of working groups. The SMs are intended as guidance, explaining the recommended procedures to follow in the works associated with the various aspects of rock mechanics, such as rock characterisation, testing and monitoring. In this paper; the past, present and future of laboratory and in situ rock testing and monitoring techniques and then the general principles followed in developing the ISRM SMs, stages in their evaluation and the recent developments related to the SMs are briefly given.

This supplementary document was presented by the Editor of this book in ARMS7 Symposium held in Seoul, Korea, in 2012, as keynote lecture. Based on the permission by the ARMS7 Organizing Committee, the tables in the paper are updated to reflect the latest situation of the ISRM Suggested Methods and its slightly revised version is included in this book.

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The author would like to thank the ARMS7 Organizing Committee for their kind invitation to him to give this keynote lecture and kind permission given for the publication of this paper in the Orange Book, specifically Dr. Chul-whan Park (member of the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods and Vice-Chairmen of ARMS7), Prof. Seokwon Jeon (Vice-Chairmen of ARMS7) and Dr. Kong Chang Han (President of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics). In addition, the author specifically wishes to thank Professors Ömer Aydan (Japan), John A. Hudson (UK) and Hasan Gercek (Turkey) who enhanced some ideas expressed in this paper and provided some documents. Professor Hudson also provided editorial assistance.

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Ulusay, R. (2015). The Present and Future of Rock Testing: Highlighting the ISRM Suggested Methods. In: Ulusay, R. (eds) The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07713-0_1

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